Lyaginskaya A M, Zalikin G A, Nisimov P G, Romanova I B
Institute of Biophysics, Ministry of Health, Moscow, USSR.
IARC Sci Publ. 1989(96):421-7.
The distribution of two transuranic elements, plutonium and americium, in pregnant rats and in their fetuses, and the carcinogenic effects seen in progeny exposed perinatally are discussed. The appearance of malignant tumours in the liver and skeleton corresponds to the pattern of deposition of these radionuclides in the body.